Category: Popular Culture
Connections in Conversation
As a group, this year’s cohort of the Boston Interfaith Leadership Initiative (BILI) talked a lot about having courageous conversations. Meeting in the basement of the chapel at Boston University to... Read More
Gd’s Love Languages
Once again, and without any assistance from humanity, spring has arrived. As I am writing pink cherry blossoms are beginning to bud on the tree-lined streets of Philly. Spring breathes new life into n... Read More![Please [Don’t] Silence Your Smartphones: Why Faith and Technology Complement Each Other](https://i0.wp.com/stateofformation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Oberst-Jesus-Selfie.jpg?resize=542%2C340&ssl=1)
Please [Don’t] Silence Your Smartphones: Why Faith and Technology Complement Each Other
I recently found this image of Jesus taking a selfie and shared it with a friend of mine. He said, “My church has a sign outside the sanctuary that reads ‘please turn off your phones,’ but my pa... Read More
When Harry Met Wesley: Faith and Magic in Oxford
Christ Church, Oxford Alright, I admit it. I love pop culture. That’s probably why I enjoyed the references to the movie Alien cunningly embedded into the story lines of the 2018 cinematic bl... Read More
Feminine Divinity//Divine Femininity
At a time when a feminist world seems very far away, I think about the ways in which my womanhood has strengthened and created me, how it has very literally birthed me into this universe, and how it i... Read More
Messiah Interrupted: Susanna’s #MeToo Moment
For over a decade now, my wife and I have attended the seasonal choral presentation of Handel’s Messiah at a church in the Fort Worth Arts District. I love the amazing musicality of each movement. B... Read More
The Work Starts with the Stars
When I was twelve, my mother gave me my first copy of my natal chart and a large book on the origins and uses of astrology. The chart was colorful, with the different planetary symbols inked in a spec... Read More
Coping Queerly: Radical Healing in Kesha’s Praying
Oh, sometimes, I pray for you at night Someday, maybe you’ll see the light Oh, some say, in life, you’re gonna get what you give But some things only God can forgive. – Kesha Rose Sebert (20... Read More